What a great experience photographing Robin Smith, General Counsel of Lego for Corporate Counsel Magazine…yes, I did have an entire Lego town in my closet as a kid and traveled around Europe by myself at 20 making sure one of my stops was the original Legoland in Billund, Denmark!  Knowing the U.S. headquarters was in my state when I moved to Connecticut was pretty exciting…and that our town of West Hartford’s mayor worked there was even bigger!  So when we got the request to photograph Lego’s head lawyer, General Counsel Robin Smith in a fun, playful way at the headquarters, I was thrilled.  Robin was a complete pleasure to work with…up for throwing Legos, building Legos and giving us a complete tour of headquarters…even the R&D lab where we saw some top secret future Lego sets.  What struck me most was that every cubicle had Lego models on display and that every conference room had a bowl of Legos that meeting attendees were encouraged to build with…during meetings…what a great corporate culture!

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Wonderful meeting the lovely and remarkable Gloria Steinem for a photo shoot for Maclean’s magazine post her recent speaking engagement at Holyoke College.  Definitely the youngest 82 year old we’ve ever met!  I really wanted to show her warmth (thanks Mike for telling stories about your dad!)  I’ve since picked up her latest book, “My Life on the Road”…a great read and highly recommended!  There’s also an interesting documentary on HBO right now…an amazing woman who changed a lot of attitudes.  Both are great for learning more about this amazing woman!

We recently headed out to Hudson Valley to photograph the delightful Karen Hammerness, Director of Educational Research and Evaluation for the Natural History Museum for Money.com.  We did a variety of set-ups depicting Karen in her home, including one with a reminder of the money lessons she’s taught her girls which they chose for their final image.

With football ending soon, I thought is was a great time to show how our client used our images for their 2015/2016 Holy Cross football team advertising campaign that we shot for them last May.  This was a really fun shoot with a bunch of great guys who were up for running, yelling, and flying through the air….great graphic design by Janelle McLaughlin…and great emotion from the players!

We recently did a whirlwind shoot of ESPN’s Hannah Storm for Cosmopolitan.com.  Hannah is the Anchor for ESPN’s Sports Center.  Needing five to seven poses within an hour, we practically ran through ESPN’s Bristol headquarters (after a pre-tour with Dan…thank you!) with light lighting in tow.  The shoot was for Cosmopolitan.com’s “Get That Life” series …it’s definitely worth a read about this inspiring woman.  We were struck by the amount of rejection Hannah received before she got what she wanted…she’s truly a pioneer and it’s an inspiration to everyone trying to follow their dreams, reach their goals, and not give up.  In person, Hannah is extremely warm, down-to-earth, engaging and easy to work with…thank you Hannah to you and your PR team, Chloe, Eliana, and Dan for being up for all of our ideas!

Seven years running we’ve photographed the New York Mets at Spring Training in Port St. Lucie for SportsNet NY, the official television home of the New York Mets.  We are the last stop on “Photo Day”…the players go through the other press photographers up on the field first then come down to our make-shift locker room studio, music and all.  This year art direction was for a more moody, atmospheric look which we needed to create in camera (vs. post) given the large number of final images.  Thanks to SNY’s Julie for a wonderful team effort!  These photos are used by SNY and the Mets for creative montages and commercials, the Jumbotron, and more.

Matt Harvey is back this season and looking great.  We really enjoy this bunch of guys having photographed many of them for years now, from Matt Harvey to Captain David Wright, Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy, Travis D’Arnaud, Dillon Gee, Bobby Parnell, Bartolo Colón, and Jon Niese…lots of optimism in the air…let’s go Mets in 2015!!  Click here for more NY Mets photos.

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For the third season we headed to Storrs to photograph the defending National Champion UConn Basketball teams–the Husky Men’s and Women’s Basketball for our client SNY which broadcasts UConn basketball games.

This year we shot in the new Werth Family Practice Facility next to Gampel Pavilion.  Great working with our client Julie from SNY again and the terrific players from Breanna Stewart and Kiah Stokes to Ryan Boatright and Omar Calhoun.  Go Huskies in 2015!!  Here are a few pics from the shoot…

Back in September I photographed for Coastal Living Magazine, for their February 2015 issue.  The subject, Kate Jackson, interior designer out of Pawtucket RI was a pleasure to work with.  Nice home too…overlooking Galilee RI, next to the Block Island Ferry.  Think Spring!  Here’s the tearsheet…

Some entrepreneurs really defy the odds by shaking up an established industry in a big way…David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue Airlines and CEO of Azul is a great example!  We photographed Neeleman for Airline Business Magazine last August for a story on his latest venture, Azul, a Brazil lower cost airline that’s taking the market by storm.  Neeleman splits his time between Fairfield County and Brazil, and is a fluent Portuguese speaker (and Brazilian and US citizen), having lived in Sao Paulo in his youth.

We often shoot environmental portraits of execs in their settings.  For this shoot we packed some bold blue seamless background for a clean shot for the cover.  Great working with Ghim, the journalist for the story!

Last Monday we were in Storrs, CT, photographing the UConn Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams for SNY (the cable station that carries UConn bball).  The photo shoot took place at the brand new UConn Basketball Werth Center, officially the Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center.  This incredibly well-equipped and beautiful practice facility is a testament to the hard work and success of the UConn basketball programs.  Here are some of Mike’s iPhone pics of Jane in action with Ryan Boatright, Nnamdi Amilo, and the amazing Breanna Stewart.  The images will be used by both UConn and SNY for print advertising plus on-air at SNY.  Stay tuned for the photos which we’ll launch around the first game!  Go Huskies!!